Communalism Communalism The Amana Colonies is a settlement of German Pietists in Iowa comprised of seven different villages. Calling themselves Ebenezer Society or the Community of True Inspiration, die Gemeinde der wahren Inspiration, they first settled in New York state near Buffalo in what is now the Town of West Seneca. However, in order to live out their beliefs in more isolated surroundings and because they were refused an extension of their land charter because of their harsh treatment of a married couple who had violated their marriage edicts, they moved west to the rich soil of east-central Iowa (near present-day Iowa City) in 1855. They lived a communal life until the mid 1930s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amana Colonies"
The Chatanika River Women's Colony in Alaska is an underdocumented social phenomenon pertaining to the second wave of feminism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chatanika River Women's Colony"
:This article deals with the use of the word communalism as a force uniting people into a community, as it is used outside of South Asia. See the article Communalism (South Asia) for the use of the word to denote a force separating different communities based on some form of social or sectarian discrimination ( Xenophobia). ...more on Wikipedia about "Communalism"
Communitarianism as a group of related but distinct philosophies began in the late 20th century, opposing aspects of liberalism and capitalism while advocating phenomena such as civil society. Not necessarily hostile to liberalism in the contemporary American sense of the word, communitarianism rather has a different emphasis, shifting the focus of interest toward communities and societies and away from the individual. The question of priority (individual or community) often has the largest impact in the most pressing ethical questions: health care, abortion, multiculturalism, hate speech, and so on. ...more on Wikipedia about "Communitarianism"
Étienne Cabet ( January 1, 1788 – November 9, 1856) was a French philosopher and utopian socialist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Étienne Cabet"
Holism (from holos, a Greek word meaning whole) is the idea that the properties of a system cannot be determined or explained by the sum of its components alone. The word, along with the adjective holistic, was introduced by Jan Smuts in his 1926 book, Holism and Evolution, although sociologist Emile Durkheim used it earlier in a slightly different context. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Smuts defined holism as "The tendency in nature to form wholes that are greater than the sum of the parts through creative evolution." ...more on Wikipedia about "Holism"
Koreshan Unity is the communal utopia formed by Cyrus Teed, who took the name "Koresh", the Hebrew version of his name Cyrus. The Koreshans followed Teed's beliefs, called Koreshanity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Koreshan Unity"
The Love Family is a U.S. communal religious movement led by Love Israel. Formally called the Church of Jesus Christ at Armageddon, the Love Family began in 1968 when the community began living collectively in a community on Queen Anne Hill, Seattle. Presently, the Love Family has a compound northeast of Seattle near Bothell, Washington. ...more on Wikipedia about "Love Family"
The Oneida Society (Oneida Community) was a utopian commune founded by John H. Noyes in 1848 near Oneida, New York. The community followed the beliefs of Noyes including which he called Perfectionism. This incorporated Communalism (in the sense of communal property and possessions), Complex Marriage, Male Continence, Mutual Criticism and Ascending Fellowship. The community's original forty-five members grew to seventy-two by February 1850, 205 by February 1851, and 306 by 1878. There were smaller communities in Wallingford, Newark, Putney, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Manlius, New York for a short time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Oneida Society"
The Picards were a sect of Neo- Adamites in the sixteenth century and earlier, in the Flemish Netherlands and in Bohemia. The origin of their name is not clearly known. They are said to have been named after their founder, "one Picard of Flanders"; but "Picards" is also explained as a corruption of " Beghards". They were often not distinguished from the Waldensians, and the Catholic Church moved against both of them as heretics. For example, the Inquisitor Heinrich Kramer was empowered to proceed against the Waldensians and Picards in 1500. ...more on Wikipedia about "Picards"
Religious communism is a form of communism centered on religious principles. The term usually refers to a number of utopian religious societies practicing the voluntary dissolution of private property, so that society's benefits are distributed according to a person's needs, and every person performs labor according to their abilities. "Religious communism" has also been used to describe the ideas of religious individuals and groups who advocate the application of communist policies on a wider scale, often joining secular communists in their struggle to abolish capitalism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Religious communism"
Utopian, in its most common and general positive meaning, refers to the human efforts to create a better, or perhaps perfect society. ...more on Wikipedia about "Utopia"
William Morris ( March 24, 1834 – October 3, 1896) was one of the principal founders of the British Arts and Crafts Movement and is best known as a designer of wallpaper and patterned fabrics, a writer of poetry and fiction, and a pioneer of the socialist movement in Britain. ...more on Wikipedia about "William Morris"
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